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Venue

Schapiro CEPSR
530 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Website
https://operations.cufo.columbia.edu/content/schapiro-cepsr

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Date

Jun 12 2025

Time

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Formats (virtual, in person, hybrid)

In-Person

Distinguished Lecture: Shuchao Bi, OpenAI

On behalf of Columbia Engineering, you are invited to participate in a distinguished lecture with Shuchao Bi, researcher at OpenAI and co-founder of YouTube Shorts, as he presents Advancing the Frontier of Silicon Intelligence: the Past, Open Problems, and the Future.”

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Schedule

  • 10:30AM-11:00AM Registration
  • 11:00AM-12:00PM Lecture

Advance registration is required for both Columbia affiliates and non-affiliates.

Venue
Join us on Columbia University’s Morningside Campus in New York City. Campus map/directions/parking

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

DISTINGUISHED LECTURER: SHUCHAO BI, OPENAI

Shuchao is currently a researcher at OpenAI, with a focus on multimodal and reinforcement learning. Before OpenAI, Shuchao spent 11 years at Google. Shuchao co-founded YouTube Shorts six years ago and led the algorithm org of YouTube Shorts.

 

ABOUT THE LECTURE

“Advancing the Frontier of Silicon Intelligence: the Past, Open Problems, and the Future”

We will first review how we got where we are over the past 15 years, share some intuition and historical context. Then we will spend some time discussing the current open problems and what the future could look like.

 

Campus Access
In accordance with the University’s current visitor guidelines, all non-Columbia guests will receive a QR code within 24 hours of the event date. The code will be sent to you via email from CU Guest Access and must be presented for campus entry, along with a government-issued ID. Please note, this is not the same as the Eventbrite ticket code.

Accessibility
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